Fastening for shoes



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T. HAWLEY.

FASTENING FOB SHOES, GLOVES, &0.

No. 329,901. Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

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THEODORE HA\VLEY, OF FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT.

FASTENING FOR SHOES, GLOVES, 84C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,901, dated November10, 1885. Application filed March 16, 1885. Serial No. 159,050. (Xmodel.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THEODORE HAWLEY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairfield, in the county ofFairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fastenings; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to that class of fastenings which are tightened bydrawing up a cord, and which are especially adapted for use upon shoes,particularly arcties, gloves, horse-collars, &c., and has for its objectto produce a fastening which shall be economical in cost, easy and quickto fasten and unfasten,

. always ready for use, and, moreover, one in which the cord can betaken out and a new one inserted without detaching any of the parts andwith hardly an instants delay.

WVith these ends in view, I have devised the simple and novelconstruction, which I will now describe, referring by letters to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure l is a top View; Fig. 2, a reverse or under side view; Fig. 3, anedge view. Figs. I and 5 are respectively under side and edge views ofone of the parts, with a modified means of attachment to the shoe,glove, or other article upon which it is to be used. Fig. 6 is an edgeview illustrating a modification in which a closed loop is substitutedfor the hooks Fig. 7, a modification showing myinvention as applied inconnection with a series of ordinary hooks on a strip of metal; and Fig.8 is another modification in which two spurs, pointing in oppositedirections,are used to hold the free end of the cord.

The fastening consists of two parts besides the string. These parts maybe made in any suitable manner. I preferably, however,strike them outfrom sheet metal. The parts vary somewhat in construction, and aredesigned to be placed upon the opposite edge's,which are to be drawntogether.

A represents the part having the cord holder for the fixed end of thecord, this part being at the right in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. At the forwardend of this part is a hook or loop, B, formed by bending over metal fromin front of the body.

0 is the cordholder, which'is formed by striking down flaps of metalfrom opposite sides of a central strip. The flaps of metal are curvedunder until their edges meet, as clearly shownin Fig. 2. Thiscord-holder is preferably made slightly funnel-shaped, as will be againreferred to.

D represents the part having the spur for holding the free end of thecord. This part is made to correspond in outline with the part alreadydescribed.

E represents a hook or loop at its forward end, which is made in thesame way, and corresponds in shape with hook B upon the other part. Justback of loop E is aspur, F, which is formed by striking up astrip ofmetal, leaving it attached atits forward end, the rear end of the spurbeing made to stick up just high enough to allow the cord to be caughtunder it.

The parts of the fastening are secured to the shoe, glove, or otherarticle upon which they are to be used in any suitable manner. The modeof attachment forms no part of my present invention, and may be variedto suit the article to which they are to be attached.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown the parts as provided with slots G,through which straps H, of cloth, rubber, or leather, are passed, whichmay be riveted or otherwise secured to the shoe or glove. In attachingthese fastenings to arctic overshoes I preferably use rubber straps,which are placed between the inner and outer parts of the shoe, cementedthere, and then vulcanized.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have illustrated another means of securing thefastcnings in place, which consists in providing each part with prongsI, which are pushed through the material of the shoe or glove and thenclinched down upon the inner side.

K represents the cord, which is provided at one end with a knot, L. (Seedotted lines Figs. 2 and 3.) The cord is threaded through thefunnel-shaped cordholder from the back, and the knot drawn in until itis firmly wedged in place.

The operation of fastening is simply to carry the cord forward aroundhook E, then back simply necessary to tie a knot in the end to keep itfrom being drawn through the holder. In the modification illustrated inFig. 6 hooks B and E are bent down, forming loops through which the cordis threaded, and from which it cannot escape except when pulled through.In this form, after the cord has been passed through the loops, a knotis tied in the free end, so that it cannot slip back through the loopsuntil the knot is untied, thus leaving an end of the cord attached inboth parts of the fastener. This style is particularly desirable inshoes, in which it is not necessary to unlace the cord each time theshoe is taken off, but merely to loosen it. After putting on the shoe nolacing up is required, but simply the drawing up of the cord andcatching the free end under the spur.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 7, I have shown my invention asapplied in connection with a series of ordinary hooks, M. These hooksmay be all made on a single strip of metal, as shown, or they may beattached separately, as shown in the other figures.

In Fig. 8 I have shown part D as provided with two spurs, instead ofone, to hold the loose end of the cord. I preferably make the spurs topoint in opposite directions and catch the end of the cord under one,'then around and under the other, to prevent the possibility ofslipping.

I do not of course desire to limit myself to the exact constructionillustrated in my drawings, as it is obvious that the details may beconsiderably changed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim 1. In a fastener, the combination of two metallic parts and acord, one of said parts having a holder for the fixed end of the cord,and a hooker loop at its forward end, the other part having a similarhook or loop, and a spur or spurs under which the free end of the cordmay be caught.

2. In a fastener, part A, adapted for attachment to a shoe, glove, orsimilar article, and having a hook or loop at its forward end, and

a holder for the fixed end of the cord, in combination with anindependent hook or loop around which the cord passes.

3. In a fastener, part D, adapted for attachment to a shoe, glove, orsimilar article, and having a hook or loop around which the cord passes,and a spur or spurs, F, for securing the free end of the cord, incombination with an independent part to which the cord is at tached. I

4. (lord K, having knot L, and part A, having hook or loop B, andfunnel-shaped holder 0, in which the fixed end of the cord is detachablyheld, in combination with part D, having hook or loop E, and spur F,adapted to hold the free end of the cord.

5. In a fastener, cord K, and parts A and D, having prongs forattachment to a shoe, glove, or other article, and hooks or loops forthe cord, one of said parts having also a funnelshaped holder for thefixed end of the cord, the other having a spuror spurs for holding thefree end of the cord.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE HAVVLEY. I

Witnesses:

A. M. WOOSTER, A. B. FAIROHILD.

